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Even as a student, I knew I wanted to have a career in commercial interior design, which is why I snicker every time someone says, “Oh, your house must be so beautiful.” The truth is, my house was my grandparents’; it is 54 years old, and much of the interior was original to the house when we bought it. We are slowly upgrading, but it is still a far cry from the show homes pictured in design magazines. I am, however, lucky to work for a firm that specializes in the hospitality and senior living markets. I see this work as sort of a crossover between residential and commercial design. As interior designers for these spaces, our job is to select flooring materials durable enough to withstand the traffic of a commercial space but still offer all the comforts of home. The products below are ones that transition well between the markets, ones that I have used both in my home and in commercial design.

Washington, DC, Feb. 13, 2015 -- A recent study of “Boomerang Millennials” may have important implications for this key demographic and what it means for the housing market, according to the National Association of Home Builders.

Washington, DC, Feb. 12, 2015 -- The majority of metropolitan areas experienced steady but slightly stronger price growth in the fourth quarter, according to the latest quarterly report by the National Association of Realtors.